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re: Who was your favorite player growing up?
Posted on 10/25/12 at 4:38 pm to etm512
Posted on 10/25/12 at 4:38 pm to etm512
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I didn't follow soccer as a kid but I did know who this guy was and had to play with him whenever I played a soccer video game at my friend's house
Yeah. Backyard soccer FTMFW.
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Zidane and Henry
WC 2006 was when I started following soccer for real. I was in France for the final. I still haven't recovered from the sadness I felt when France lost that thing.
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Posted on 10/25/12 at 4:41 pm to cwil177
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Yeah. Backyard soccer FTMFW.
I wonder if there is a torrent of this out there...need to relive my childhood.
Posted on 10/25/12 at 4:44 pm to WarSlamEagle
They're never as fun as you remember them being. Unless you are drunk/ 
Posted on 10/25/12 at 4:46 pm to WarSlamEagle
Pablo "secret weapon" Sanchez was my idol as a child
Posted on 10/25/12 at 4:49 pm to LSUSOBEAST1
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Pablo "secret weapon" Sanchez was my idol as a child
Ricky Johnson and his ol' melonhead was Backyard Soccer's version of Andrea Pirlo.
Posted on 10/25/12 at 4:55 pm to RayFinkleTTU
Several:
Hristo Stoichkov
Romario
Lothar Matthäus
Ivan Zamorano
Hristo Stoichkov
Romario
Lothar Matthäus
Ivan Zamorano
Posted on 10/25/12 at 6:25 pm to Nacho Tigre
Zico, Strachan, Dalglish, and Lorimer.
Posted on 10/25/12 at 6:54 pm to RayFinkleTTU
Posted on 10/25/12 at 7:22 pm to RayFinkleTTU
Cobi Jones & Alexi Lalas
Posted on 10/25/12 at 7:26 pm to RayFinkleTTU
Tommy Burns:
Sheva:
Sheva:
Posted on 10/25/12 at 7:50 pm to RayFinkleTTU
Beckham. I played CM, wore number 7, and took all of our set pieces so he was my idol. Plus I wasn't exceptionally fast and didn't have the best footwork, so it was good to see someone with my skillset (and lack of natural ability) make it to the top.
Posted on 10/25/12 at 8:15 pm to LSUtiger17
So based on your Poast I'm assuming the first time you saw beckham play was 2009
Posted on 10/25/12 at 8:32 pm to LSUtiger17
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Plus I wasn't exceptionally fast and didn't have the best footwork, so it was good to see someone with my skillset (and lack of natural ability) make it to the top.
I think you've confused Beckham with Frank Lampard.
Posted on 10/25/12 at 8:33 pm to Tennessee Jed
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So based on your Poast I'm assuming the first time you saw beckham play was 2009
More like 10 years earlier, when I was 9. I actually played a RCM. Is there something I'm missing?
Posted on 10/25/12 at 8:39 pm to TN Bhoy
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I think you've confused Beckham with Frank Lampard.
Apparently I mis-spoke. My role on the team was similar to that of Beckham, he was of course the big name in soccer among kids at that time, and I wore number 7. I wasn't some bumbling fool with three left feet, neither was Beckham. My role was to pick out the pass from the midfield and play set pieces, plus I got most of the assists out of the midfield.
At that age, I didn't see the pure speed or athleticism in Beckham that I saw in other elite players.
This post was edited on 10/25/12 at 8:41 pm
Posted on 10/25/12 at 8:43 pm to LSUtiger17
since i started watching soccer in 10 with USMNT in SA, my favorite player is Mike Bradley.
Posted on 10/25/12 at 8:47 pm to TN Bhoy
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Sheva:
He's up there too. I was pulling for ukraine just for him
Posted on 10/25/12 at 9:00 pm to bluebarracuda
First one has to be Ridvan Dilmen in the 1980s, when I was basically a toddler in Ankara. After that, Gabriel Batistuta, Jay Jay Okocha, Rustu, Haim Revivo, and to a lesser extent, Tab Ramos.
Posted on 10/25/12 at 9:03 pm to LSUtiger17
Because in his prime Beckham was fast, exceptionally skilled on the ball and played as a true right midfielder
This post was edited on 10/25/12 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 10/25/12 at 9:06 pm to RayFinkleTTU
Charlie Adam
only been following the sport for a year or 2 and am young
only been following the sport for a year or 2 and am young
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